Devs themselves said on github that jerboa is more a side project with how focused they are on lemmy itself
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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Jerboa
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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.
Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.
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It'd be better to just drop it at this point and focus on Lemmy. It's causing people to get fustrated. The other apps are doing a much bettter job now.
Which one would you recommend for Android?
Thunder works well for me so far. There's also liftoff that I've heard good things about, but I can't install it for some reason.
Yep, it's going steadily downhill. New bugs introduced, old ones unfixed.
I've moved to Liftoff for now, which is nice. As soon as Sync is available, I'll be there.
After the issues with 0.17 server support last week I've been swapping between Liftoff, Thunder and Connect for Lemmy. But Liftoff is the one I keep coming back too. I've seen people touting wefwef which is a progressive web app, but the fonts are tiny for my old eyes and I can't see anyway to adjust it.
on wefwef there is an icon for configurations where you can change font size (Settings -> appearance)
Nice. Thank you!
You're welcome!
I can recommend, for Android:
Connect
Liftoff
Thunder
I'm using all 3, plus Jerboa, as they are all fantastic apps. At some point I'll just stick with one, but it's exciting following the development of these apps. Use Obtainium to keep them up to date (although Connect is Google Play only).
I've had trouble logging in on liftoff, it doesn't recognize any of the instances I have accounts on.
I had to use my email rather than username, though I'm aware not all instances require one.
There's a comprehensive list of Lemmy apps being curated here.
My personal recommendation is https://wefwef.app.
Jerboa is currenty unusable. Just use something else.
Jerboa works perfectly fine for me and it's probably my favorite out of all the ones I've tried. It's unfortunate you're having issues.
Your instance must be on the latest version. I think it's mainly lemmy.world users having issues atm.
I'm using "thunder" right now. Can recommend
That swipe right to up-/dowvote is super annoying. Should be swipe right for up, swipe left for downvoting.
Didn't check if an issue has been opened, yet. Otherwise looks very promising.
I wish RedReader would exist for lemmy. It's UX has been tuned over the years and is 99.9% perfect.
I like thunder but there are just a few things I dont like about it
You can disable swiping
or use V0.34. It works for me
Yes, old versions were more stable, but still unstable.
I'm using Jerboa to submit this comment. Hopefully it's working for you now? Could be a phone-specific issue I suppose.
I moved to liftoff and signed up for the sync newsletter. You can just download the liftoff APK and install without much hassle.
Or use Obtanium to get it!
Liftoff is the best app right now.
Have you tried https://wefwef.app?
Wefwef is great
Another vouch for wefwef, it’s been my preferred app
This is the client I was using and it just won't start anymore. I'll try again later but guess I'll try another client in the meantime.
I've just downloaded Liftoff. It's pretty nice. And it works:) 😁
I found that clearing cache and data fixed it for me but ymmv
Just clear data and cache and it'll work
No it won't